Above: Jim O’ Halloran Quartet 2023 Concert by Fayra Teeters

Jim O’Halloran Quartet Performs FREE Concert

Saturday, August 9th at Bradner Gardens in Seattle 6:30-8:30 PM

Jim O’Halloran is delighted to be returning to Bradner Gardens Park again this year on Saturday, August 9th 6:30-8:30 pm at 1730 Bradner Place So, Seattle WA 98144.
Since the first concert was in 2005, that’s twenty years with a COVID break in 2020.
This year the band includes Brian Monroney on guitar, Kelsey Mines on bass, Jacques Willis on drums, with Jim on flutes, joined by returning special guest poet Paul Nelson, and dancers Alia Swersky and Hannah Rice.

You can expect some high-level playing by great musicians on tunes you may not usually have the opportunity to enjoy. Bring a blanket and picnic or snacks!
This is a free concert. Donations are gratefully accepted.
Many thanks to the Bradner Leads for their help!

In other news, Jim’s latest recording project is nearing completion. Lots of great players playing amazing music. Expect it to hit the streets early 2026.

Quoting from a review by Fayra Teeters of the 2023 Bradner Gardens Concert:

Picture, if you will, a smallish, but masterfully designed P-Patch Garden with meandering rows of planter boxes of colorful vegetables and an open meadow area. My husband Don and I schlep our lawn chairs, picnic dinner and cold drinks to a spot on the lawn up front in the shade, and hunker down for a relaxing evening of music and culture.

The mystery and allure of music is that the meaning constantly changes – and live music makes everything better! – to quote from Jim O’Halloran’s website. His music consists of compositions that Jim receives during Latihan, compositions by fellow band members, and a cover of a Coltraine tune. An omnipresent aura of impish improvising permeates the evening, led by Jim signaling various musicians with a playful nod of his head whenever it’s time for them to take the lead; then they toss the jaunty jazz riff back at Jim in a playful game of call and response. Everyone performing is having the time of their lives, which spills over into the audience in a tsunami of joy. During a highlight of one of these jazz riffs, two hummingbirds rise and fall in a tandem dance in time to the pervasive Latin beat.

This was a stellar event: the perfect confluence of culture and comradery in an intimate setting under balmy clear skies. Music-in-the-Park never had it so good!

Graphics by Roberta Hoffman, Jim O’ Halloran photo by Jenny Boyle, Brian Monroney photo by Daniel Sheehan, Kelsey photo by Deer Creek Media, Jacques Willis photo by Jacques Amalgamated,  Paul Nelson photo by Leszek Chudinski, Alia and Hannah photo by Jim Coleman.